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Compton MacKenzie

Career

Active from 1916 to 2016, with a break from 1970 to 1999, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Whisky Galore!
Whisky Galore!
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Compton MacKenzie Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.2, average 5.5
  • Violence
    1.9, average 4.1
  • Pop Culture
    0.0, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    8
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2010s

    1 title · average score 41
    Whisky Galore
    Whisky Galore (2016)
    GoodWatch score 41

    Novel, Original Film Writer

    1950s

    2 titles · average score 64
    Rockets Galore
    Rockets Galore (1958)
    GoodWatch score 61

    Novel

    Chance of a Lifetime
    Chance of a Lifetime (1950)
    GoodWatch score 66

    as Sir Robert Dysart

    1940s

    2 titles · average score 85
    Whisky Galore!
    Whisky Galore! (1949)
    GoodWatch score 85

    as Captain Buncher

    Carnival
    Carnival (1946)

    Writer, Producer

    1930s

    2 titles · average score 64
    Sylvia Scarlett
    Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
    GoodWatch score 64

    Novel

    Dance Pretty Lady
    Dance Pretty Lady (1931)

    Novel

    1910s

    1 title
    The Ballet Girl
    The Ballet Girl (1916)

    Novel, Adaptation